Today, Volvo is promoting its FH truck and the new I-Shift Dual Clutch gearbox by having Fifth Gear host Tiff Needell driving against the Koenigsegg One:1 at the Knutstorp racing circuit in southern Sweden.

The Bleedin’ in Sweden

For the uninitiated: the Koenigsegg One:1 is the world’s first “megacar,” so named for its ratio of 1,360 horsepower to 1,360 kg of curb weight. It’s pretty spectacular and also a sexual tyrannosaurus.

“When Volvo Trucks challenged us to a race, it was impossible to turn down,” says Christian von Koenigsegg, CEO and founder of Koenigsegg “We are always open for the unexpected and what could be more unexpected than for a Megacar to go up against a heavy truck on a race circuit?”

Once Needell gets down to brass tacks (at about the three-minute mark), he’s practically giddy over how responsive the Volvo FH steers and how light it feels despite carrying a curb weight of about 8 tons.